activity
20052026
most citedDirect mass measurements of 19B, 22C, 29F, 31Ne, 34Na and other light exotic nuclei

148 citations · 1.1k across the 38 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

nucl-ex2026

Hindered Prompt-Neutron Evaporation in Surrogate Reactions for Pu(n,f)

D. Ramos, M. Caamano, F. Farget +18

Isotopic fission-fragment distributions of Pu have been measured, for the first time, as a function of the initial excitation energy, and the prompt neutron multiplicity ha…

nucl-ex2025

Two-proton correlations in the decay of 48Ni and 45Fe

A. Ortega Moral, S. M. Wang, J. Giovinazzo +28

The main observables of the rare two-proton emission process - half-life, total energy of the decay as well as energy and angular correlations between the emitted protons - have be…

physics.ins-det2024

Towards a new generation of solid total-energy detectors for neutron-capture time-of-flight experiments with intense neutron beams

J. Balibrea-Correa, V. Babiano-Suarez, J. Lerendegui-Marco +134

Challenging neutron-capture cross-section measurements of small cross sections and samples with a very limited number of atoms require high-flux time-of-flight facilities. In turn,…

nucl-ex2024

Measurement and analysis of the Cm and Cm neutron capture cross-sections at the EAR2 of the n TOF facility

V. Alcayne, A. Kimura, E. Mendoza +130

The Cm(n,) and Cm(n,) cross-sections have been measured at the Experimental Area 2 (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN with three CD detectors. This…

nucl-ex2024

New insights on fission of U induced by high energy neutrons from a new measurement at CERN n\_TOF

Alice Manna, Elisa Pirovano, the n\_TOF Collaboration

The U(n,f) reaction cross section was measured relative to neutron-proton elastic scattering for the first time in the energy region from 10 MeV to 440 MeV at the CERN n\_T…

nucl-ex2023★ 11 cited

Experimental evidence of the effect of nuclear shells on fission dissipation and time

D. Ramos, M. Caamano, F. Farget +20

Nuclear fission is still one of the most complex physical processes we can observe in nature due to the interplay of macroscopic and microscopic nuclear properties that decide the…

physics.ins-det2022★ 4 cited

The CERN n TOF NEAR station for astrophysics- and application-related neutron activation measurements

N. Patronis, A. Mengoni, N. Colonna +130

A new experimental area, the NEAR station, has recently been built at the CERN n TOF facility, at a short distance from the spallation target (1.5 m). The new area, characterized b…

nucl-ex2021★ 2 cited

Experimental investigation of ground-state properties of H with transfer reactions

M. Caamaño, T. Roger, A. M. Moro +18

The properties of nuclei with extreme neutron-to-proton ratios, far from those naturally occurring on Earth, are key to understand nuclear forces and how nucleons hold together to…

nucl-ex2021★ 10 cited

Neutron-proton pairing in the N=Z radioactive fp-shell nuclei 56Ni and 52Fe probed by pair transfer

B. Le Crom, M. Assié, Y. Blumenfeld +49

The isovector and isoscalar components of neutron-proton pairing are investigated in the N=Z unstable nuclei of the \textit{fp}-shell through the two-nucleon transfer reaction (p,$…

physics.ins-det2021★ 24 cited

The MUGAST-AGATA-VAMOS campaign : set-up and performance

M. Assié, E. Clément, A. Lemasson +46

The MUGAST-AGATA-VAMOS set-up at GANIL combines the MUGAST highly-segmented silicon array with the state-of-the-art AGATA array and the large acceptance VAMOS spectrometer. The mec…

nucl-ex2020★ 2 cited

Signature of a possible -cluster state in doubly-magic Ni

S. Bagchi, H. Akimune, J. Gibelin +36

An inelastic -scattering experiment on the unstable , doubly-magic Ni nucleus was performed in inverse kinematics at an incident energy of 50 A.MeV at GANIL. High mu…

nucl-ex2020★ 21 cited

Scission configuration of U from yields and kinetic information of fission fragments

D. Ramos, M. Caamano, A. Lemasson +25

The simultaneous measurement of the isotopic fission-fragment yields and fission-fragment velocities of U has been performed for the first time. The U fissioning sy…

nucl-ex2019★ 30 cited

First direct measurement of isotopic fission-fragment yields of U

D. Ramos, M. Caamano, A. Lemasson +25

A direct and complete measurement of isotopic fission-fragment yields of U has been performed for the first time. The U fissioning system was produced with an avera…

nucl-ex2019★ 25 cited

Measurement of the 235U(n,f) cross section relative to the 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,alpha) standards from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy range at n_TOF

S. Amaducci, L. Cosentino, M. Barbagallo +118

The 235U(n,f) cross section was measured in a wide energy range at n_TOF relative to 6Li(n,t) and 10B(n,alpha), with high resolution and in a wide energy range, with a setup based…

nucl-ex2018★ 84 cited

The Be()Li reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN)

L. Damone, M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco +155

We report on the measurement of the Be()Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2)…

nucl-ex2018★ 29 cited

Cross section measurements of Gd(n,) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons

M. Mastromarco, A. Manna, O. Aberle +121

Neutron capture measurements on Gd and Gd were performed using the time-of-flight technique at the n\_TOF facility at CERN. Four samples in form of self-sustaining…

nucl-ex2018★ 17 cited

Re-examining the transition into the N=20 island of inversion: structure of Mg

B. Fernández-Domínguez, B. Pietras, W. N. Catford +34

Intermediate energy single-neutron removal from Mg has been employed to investigate the transition into the N=20 island of inversion. Levels up to 5~MeV excitation energy in…

nucl-ex2017★ 2 cited

Study of fusion-fission in inverse kinematics with a fragment separator

O. B. Tarasov, O. Delaune, F. Farget +20

The systematic study of fission fragment yields under different initial conditions provides a valuable experimental benchmark for fission models that aim to understand this complex…

physics.ins-det2016★ 25 cited

Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,α)α reaction at n_TOF

L. Cosentino, A. Musumarra, M. Barbagallo +129

The newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive…

nucl-ex2014★ 57 cited

Experimental study of the two-body spin-orbit force

G. Burgunder, O. Sorlin, F. Nowacki +31

Energies and spectroscopic factors of the first , , and states in the Si nucleus were determined by means of the (d,p) transfer reaction…

nucl-ex2013★ 58 cited

Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics, an experimental approach for fission investigations

C. Rodríguez-Tajes, F. Farget, X. Derkx +21

Inelastic and multi-nucleon transfer reactions between a U beam, accelerated at 6.14 MeV/u, and a C target were used for the production of neutron-rich, fissioning s…

nucl-ex2013★ 48 cited

Search for new resonant states in 10C and 11C and their impact on the cosmological lithium problem

F. Hammache, A. Coc, N. de Séréville +28

The observed primordial 7Li abundance in metal-poor halo stars is found to be lower than its Big-Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) calculated value by a factor of approximately three. Som…

astro-ph.IM2013

Measurement of the 92,93,94,100Mo(g,n) reactions by Coulomb Dissociation

K. Göbel, P. Adrich, S. Altstadt +70

The Coulomb Dissociation (CD) cross sections of the stable isotopes 92,94,100Mo and of the unstable isotope 93Mo were measured at the LAND/R3B setup at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Sch…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 9 cited

Nuclear astrophysics with radioactive ions at FAIR

R. Reifarth, S. Altstadt, K. Göbel +317

The nucleosynthesis of elements beyond iron is dominated by neutron captures in the s and r processes. However, 32 stable, proton-rich isotopes cannot be formed during those proces…